Daily Image - August - Matthew van Wieringen |
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 Chris Frolich with his crazy late evening airs are always fun to shoot. |
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 I love draw back barrel shots as you get a true sense of the wave |
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 Beyrick with his huge turns and some epic morning light made this shot so perfect |
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 This monster got past everybody one morning, its hard to watch such a perfect wave roll past without a surfer! |
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 David van Zyl on a perfect morning going big on his forehand. I love shooting this guy, so stylish |
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 I love black and white as it creates a whole new mood to photos |
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 Love this angle with the fisheye, power and and awesome background bring this shot together. |
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 Not un-common to have guys go right over you when shooting in the water. |
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 Beauty can come in small packages, fun Sodwana shore break |
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 The Golden Mile… |
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 One of the early swells in 2012, one of my favourite days of the year |
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 My first published photo of Jordy Smith, this guy is so radical on a board! |
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 Moments like this show the power of some of our local riders, if the surfer get this wrong...you will get hurt...I love it! |
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 Who new South Beach could produce such a perfect wave. I have never seen cleaner water since that day. |
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 Up Close and Personal, timing is everything! |
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 Westbrook is an amazing place to shoot, colours were crazy inside this little pit! |
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 Moyo's restaurant from a surfers perspective |
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 Every New Pier local's favourite place to be, Richard Eddy was charging on this day, I love It when guys commit |
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 Underwater view of a surfer in Balito, I love this shot because its simple and not a perspective people see very often |
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 To close for comfort, I really like this angle, it’s a high risk angle! |
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 Diary beach had a super fun shore break that kept me busy for hours! |
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 Slade is something else… he throws these down like it's the easiest thing in the world! |
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 Slade going fins free! Was a tough day shooting but finally got this little cracker air. |
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 Sodwana Bay, the looks you get when you dive around in a 1ft shore break is crazy, its worth looking silly for |
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 Teal Hogg pushing under in Balito. Love this shot in black and white with the light coming from behind! Magic! |
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 Jacko is always a camera's best friend, massive punt in a small far bowl! |
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 Inside out, one of my early shots I got on a rainy day. Tried hard to get this shot and was rewarded for the wait |
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 Lining up a tube up the north coast, got one or two on the head that day! |
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 This is what really goes on underwater, it's amazing what mother nature brings for us. This shot requires you to be exactly where the wave meets the water |
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 Something we all want to see! |
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 Fun shore break up the north coast. I love the colours in this shot! |
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I am 19 years old and was born in Durban and raised on the beach. Having a father who was always involved in the world of surfing meant that I spent my life on the beachfront swimming around, body boarding and now surfing. Last year I purchased a GoPro and decided it would be cool to swim around and take photos of my friends and all the good surfers in town. The moment I hit the water and took my first photo I was hooked, I loved the fact I could capture angles only surfers got to see.
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Since then I spend almost every day shooting in Durban and hunting for swell up and down the coast, doing my best to watch and learn from guys like Pat Flanagan, Chris van Lennep, Kelly Cestari and Lance Slabbert who really influences the way I shoot! Its guys like them that make you want to push and get new unique images. I remember my first time jumping off the pier in some serious swell and was sudden put in my place get pounded until I ended up drifting out the back to find Chris van Lennep floating around like it was 1ft south beach. He was shocked to see this liety swimming with his GoPro trying to take photos.
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The first thing he said to me was stop fighting the rip and go with the flow, he then shouted to me to swim out before the sets pound me and about five minutes later I found myself washed up on North Beach…it was a hectic start to my new found passion! I slowly learnt how to get in the right position to capture the shot without getting a mouthful of fibreglass. In surf photography it’s all about timing, you spend hours swimming around fighting rips and big swell chasing surfers around to capture something that lasts less then 2 seconds. It’s lots of hard work but worth the reward when you capture a shot using a GoPro or any other surf camera. I love to shoot guys doing who do futuristic moves because it always worth the risk of getting smashed to get the shot. I also love to shoot breaking waves and surfers from underwater as it’s incredible to see what goes on underwater where we don’t see. For me it’s all about getting up close and personal! I took me a long time to get in the mix but hard work and persistence pays off.
It’s that drive to capture that perfect moment that makes people stop and admire the image. I haven’t been shooting for long and have a lot to learn but since I started I was published in the BOMB with my first epic shot of Jordy Smith and there is no greater feeling then seeing your shots in print! Since then I have been published in ZIGZAG and have also been published internationally in SURFING LIFE and can’t stop dreaming of getting the next crazy image. |
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.jpg "I love black and white as it creates a whole new mood to photos")
.jpg "Love this angle with the fisheye, power and and awesome background bring this shot together.")
.jpg "Not un-common to have guys go right over you when shooting in the water.")
.jpg "Beauty can come in small packages, fun Sodwana shore break")
.jpg "The Golden Mile…")
.jpg "One of the early swells in 2012, one of my favourite days of the year")
.jpg "My first published photo of Jordy Smith, this guy is so radical on a board!")
.jpg "Moments like this show the power of some of our local riders, if the surfer get this wrong...you will get hurt...I love it!")
.jpg "Who new South Beach could produce such a perfect wave. I have never seen cleaner water since that day.")
.jpg "Up Close and Personal, timing is everything!")
.jpg "Westbrook is an amazing place to shoot, colours were crazy inside this little pit!")
.jpg "Moyo's restaurant from a surfers perspective")
.jpg "Every New Pier local's favourite place to be, Richard Eddy was charging on this day, I love It when guys commit")
.jpg "Underwater view of a surfer in Balito, I love this shot because its simple and not a perspective people see very often")
.jpg "To close for comfort, I really like this angle, it’s a high risk angle!")
.jpg "Diary beach had a super fun shore break that kept me busy for hours!")
.jpg "Slade is something else… he throws these down like it's the easiest thing in the world!")
.jpg "Slade going fins free! Was a tough day shooting but finally got this little cracker air.")
.jpg "Sodwana Bay, the looks you get when you dive around in a 1ft shore break is crazy, its worth looking silly for")
.jpg "Teal Hogg pushing under in Balito. Love this shot in black and white with the light coming from behind! Magic!")
.jpg "Jacko is always a camera's best friend, massive punt in a small far bowl!")
.jpg "Inside out, one of my early shots I got on a rainy day. Tried hard to get this shot and was rewarded for the wait")
.jpg "Lining up a tube up the north coast, got one or two on the head that day!")
.jpg "This is what really goes on underwater, it's amazing what mother nature brings for us. This shot requires you to be exactly where the wave meets the water")
.jpg "Something we all want to see!")
.jpg "Fun shore break up the north coast. I love the colours in this shot!")
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